Soda-fountain



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J. G. LOW.

SODA FOUNTAIN.

qc Patented Aug. 18, 1889.

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WITNEEEIES UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. LOV, OF OI-ILSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

SODA-FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,888, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed August 29, 1888. Serial No. 284,054. (No model.)

T0 all whom 7125 may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. LOW, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusettshave invented a new and useful Improvement in Soda-Fountains, whereof the following, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, is a specification in such full and complete and accurate terms as to allow others skilled in the art to make and use the invention.

It is considered desirable to have sodafountains present an ornamental and artistic appearance, and it is also thought necessary that they should be provided with an ice-box in which are contained the sirup-tanks and certain coils of pipe and reservoirs, through which the aerated waters pass on their way through the fountain to the draft-tubes, being cooled in their passage. It is also considered desirable that the ornamental exterior of the fountain should be so independent of the inclosed ice-box that it shall not chill and collect moisture from the air upon its 'exterior surface. No form of decoration of the soda-fountain has yet been found superior to polished marble; but this material is exceedingly expensive.

Baked clay, which can be readily modeled in shape and glazed with any desirable color, presents a material vastly better than marble, both for beauty and ease of working, were it not for the difficulty hitherto experienced of applying it. I have, however, succeeded in devising a form of structure which is well adapted for incrustation with glazed or enameled tile; also, a system of subdivision of the incrustation, so as to present great opportunities for variety with ease of application, which I now explain.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a vertical section through the central draft-tube, of a fountain embodying my invention.

B is the ice-box proper, in the cavity of which is placed, as usual, a metallic or other suitable lining O, and which contains the sirup-cans E and the coolers G G G2 G3. Draft-tubes g are connected with the pipes of these coolers, and sirup tubes and cocks e are connected with the several sirup-cans.

-There is a cover to this ice-box, which may be of hinged naps or may be a removable cover fitting the recess.

The parts hitherto described are common to all soda-fountains.

Then a soda-fountain is placed next the wall of the building or against a partition,no incrustation is applied on the part which is next the wall; but on the part exposed to the eye of the spectator it is usual to construct the ice-box of polished marble, and in a few instances of Vcheap portable fountains a wooden ice-box has been used. The casing has been usually separated from the ice-box proper by an air-space.

In my invention I erect on the exposed sides and ends of the fountain a casing A, of stone, wood, or iron, the interior of which cas* ing is proximately parallel to the exterior of the ice-box B, and the exterior of which casing A follows roughly the proposed contour of the tile-incrustation, as shown in Fig. 2. This casing A need not be of very perfect material orfinish, and it maybe, if desirable, made in several parts, cemented or joined together. This casing A is separated by a space of one or two inches or more from the ice-box B, which space is shown in the drawings as D, and is packed with what is commonly known as mineral wool, sometimes called mineral cotton, being furnace-slag in a state of minute subdivision and of cellular or fibrous structure, which is made by blowing steam through a screen of molten slag as it is discharged from the furnace.

The incrusting tiles of this fountain are of four generic sorts-cornice-tiles, beltetilcs, pilaster-tiles, and panel-tiles-and the cornice and belt tiles have two subdivisions-namely, tiles with return modeling and tiles with Tunning modeling. The pilastentiles are usually made with returns, and the panel-tiles have only surface modeling, although this may not be the same on any two tiles.

In the drawings, a represent the cornice-tile with the running modeling. They form the center of the upper part of the fountain, and are arranged to cover in the part from the icebox outward. They are recessed for the reception of the covers F F of the icebox. This construction of cornice enables either fiap of the ice-box to be raised at will, and also binds together very firmly the incrustation with the casing A. In consequence, however, of this arrangement of cornice-tile, the casing A is necessarily of less height than the wall of the IOO iccbox ll. Below this cornice there is a eoursme of belt-tile l) b', in which the parts l) are parts with a running modeling, and the parts l1 have return modeling'. This belt course in the specimen produced forms the frieze 0f the entablature. Below this again is another course of belt-tile c c', in which the parts c have a running modeling and the parts c a return modeling. This forms the arehitrave of the structure. Below this again, at the exterior corners of the structure, are the pilaster-sections d, which are made with return modeling', and between the pilaster-seetions are the panel-sections 7i', l l', lnzy m, 91 n', o o', and p p. These panel-sections are modeled to make up some ag'reeable figure, perhaps alike on each of the several sections, per haps a composite ligure, some portion of which is exhibited on each of the sections, the sections in that ease differing entirely each from the other. The number of tile going to make up the panel-section may be g'reatly Varied; but the peculiarity of the tile making' up these panel-sections is that they are surface-modeled and surface-glazed only, while the tile of the belt courses and the tile of the cornice courses and the tile of the pilasters are return-modeled and return-glazed on some or all of their members. The pilaster and panel members rest on a pedestal which is made up of belt courses.

fi i are the belt course forming the crown of the pedestal, of which the tiles if have running modeling' and the tiles i return modeling.

ff is the die or dado of the pedestal, of which the tiles j have a running modeling and the tilesfa return modeling'. The tilesf are perforated with comparativelylarge holes for the passage of the sirup-tubes c. These holes should be considerably larger than the tubes, because in the irregular shrinking of the tile it will be difficult to make the parts come together correctly unless an allowance is made at this place for all the irregularity which will occur. Below this dado-section is another belt course (l o', surface-modeled on the tiles (j and return -modeled on the tiles q, forming the base-molding. Below this, again, is a belt-section formed of the tiles o' `2", of which the tiles rhave a running modeling' and the tiles i" a return modeling. These tiles a c', h b, c c', d, f f, 1I', 7i: 7.x, t 12in/HM, 7iy yn', o o, 21j/,q q', and fr r are atiixediirmly by cement or cramps to theexteriorof the casing A. Thelayerof cement ismarked in Fig. 2 of the drawings 7i and is of pretty even thickness.

It will be seen readily that a great variety of modeling' and a great variety of color with a most brilliant surface texture can be obtained in this way, and that it would be almost impossible to absolutely duplicate any fountain, because of the difficulty of perfect reproduction of the glaze. It will also be seen that out of two or three varieties of cornice, base, pilaster, and panels the Variety of modeling may be varied and the various fountains given individual charz'teter of modeling in a geometrical progression of number-that is, with two sets of cornice, pilasters, panels, and base-tile there could be sixteen fountains of individual appearance set u p, and if each belt considered by itself the number would be greatly increased; also, it can be readily seen that the length of the fountain can be increased or diminished and the number of sirups served varied within reasonable limits at comparatively slight expense by adding single panel and belt sections or panel and pilaster sections, or both, with very little cost or trouble.

As a result of this form of construction, a fountain giving a much greater show and presenting a much iiner aliipearance than the marble fountain now in use for the same service and with substantially the same interior structure can be furnished on remunerative terms to the manufacturer for about threefourths of the cost of apolished-1narble fountain.

liavingthus described my invcntioinl claim and' desire to secure by Letters Patent.-

l. A soda-fountain composed of an ice-box li and an iuclosing exterior easing A, separated from said ice-box by the space l), and a tile-facing attached to the exterior of said casing and composed of small tiles formed with closely-abutting' edges and of approximately uniform thickness, each of said tiles carrying on its su rface a part of a composite intaglio and relief design larger than itself, the lower belt tiles and panels and the icebox and easing' beneath the tile being perforated from front to back with holes for the passage of the draft and siru p tubes g e, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. rlhe combination of the casingA,formed .with a plane surface on its interior and an irregular surface roughly conforming to the exterior surface of its inerusting tile, with the incrusting tile and with the cement between the casing' A and the tile, and with a cornice a a', which projects outward beyond the exteriorsurface of the next adjacent tile and inward beyond the inner surface of the casing A, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the ice-box B and iu closing-easing' A of said ice-box, the height of which is less than the height of the iee-box, and cornice a., extending outward `from the ice-box i3 over and beyond the top of the casin r A, and the inerusting tile surface exterior to said easin g A and fastened thereto by comen t, and camtaining panel and belt tile perforated for the passage of the draft and sirup tubes g e through holes iu said tile larger than the size of the tube, said tile-surface heilig' modeled and glazed, substantially as and for the purposes described.

JOHN G'. LOV.

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Trios. WM. CLARKE, F. F. RAYMOND, 2d.

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